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Powell Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$90k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Animals$484kEducation$60kHealth$35kHuman Services$15k
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $60k
$8,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$58k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOGS FOR BETTER LIVES$15,000
ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAPTOR PROGRAM$15,000
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$10,000
SIT STAY READ INC$10,000
COLORADO ANIMAL RESCUE EXPRESS$10,000
TREE HOUSE HUMANE SOCIETY$8,000
SAVE A PET INC$5,000
PET PARTNERS$5,000
COMPANION ANIMAL PROGRAM$5,000
ENVISIONING ACCESS$5,000
DEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NATIONAL EDUCATION FOR ASSISTANCE DOG SERVICES: $5k → 11%NEADS: $5k → 11%NATIONAL EDUCATION FOR ASSISTANCE DOG SERVICES: $5k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MA
OR
NV
UT
CO
MD
AZ
GA
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$584k · 15 repeat orgs$10k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
2

Total granted

$584k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+148%

Still filing today

100%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • DF
    DOGS FOR THE DEAF INC DBA DOGS FOR BETTER LIVES
    6× · 2020–2025 · $80k · revenue +60%
  • RM
    ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAPTOR PROGRAM
    6× · 2020–2025 · $65k · revenue +17%
  • CA
    Colorado Animal Rescue Express
    6× · 2020–2025 · $65k · revenue +153%

Funded once

  • LV
    LAS VEGAS VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +148%
  • PF
    PETS FOR THE ELDERLY
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Companion Animal Placement Inc
Animals
2
Animal Rescue of the Rockies

Animal Care and Adoption - ARR's mission is to save the lives of homeless and abandoned dogs and cats. Our goal is reaching a no-kill society in the United States.

Animals
3
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

Animals
4
Raskels Rescue
Animals
5
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
6
Pet Helpers
Animals
7
Humane Animal Partners

Founded in 2023, humane animal partners is a nonprofit no-kill animal care and adoption center. we are committed to providing for the needs of homeless and owned dogs and cats in our community. we make "friends for life" by connecting…

Animals
8
All About Animals Rescue

All about animals rescue's mission is no more homeless pets.

Animals
9
Animal Rescue and Adoption Agency Inc

An animal rescue/adoption Agency. Rescued animals are from kill shelters or owner surrenders facing hardship then rehabbed/medical completed while in foster care then adopted into loving homes.

Animals
10
Pet Rescue Incorporated

Pet rescue inc. is committed to the rescue of abandoned and abused cats and dogs, and uses funds raised to provide veterinary care, neutering and spaying services, food and a home for these animals.

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11
The Animal Haven Inc

The animal haven's misson is to provide a temporary, safe, caring and humane refuge for homeless dogs and cats and place these animals in quality adoptive homes.

Animals
12
Fur Animal Rescue

Animal rescue organization dedicated to finding homes for animals at the animal shelter. we also provde vet care foster homes, and assistance with homing for special needs animals.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save-a-Pet Inc; the most unlike its peers is Animal Rescue Aid Corporation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 17 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DOGS FOR THE DEAF INC DBA DOGS FOR BETTER LIVES: $80,000 · AnimalsDOGS FOR THE DEAF INC DBA DOGS FOR BETTER LIVESColorado Animal Rescue Express (CARE): $65,000 · AnimalsColorado Animal Rescue Express (CARE)BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $60,000 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETYTREE HOUSE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $43,500 · AnimalsTREE HOUSE HUMANE SOCIETY INCPET PARTNERS: $30,000 · AnimalsPET PARTNERSSAVE-A-PET INC: $30,000 · AnimalsSAVE-A-PET INCDEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC: $27,000 · AnimalsDEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INCANIMAL RESCUE AID CORPORATION: $25,000 · AnimalsANIMAL RESCUE AID CORPORATIONCOMPANION ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY: $20,000 · AnimalsBarnswallow: $18,000 · Animals+1 more: $5,000 · AnimalsROCKY MOUNTAIN RAPTOR PROGRAM: $65,000 · EnvironmentROCKY MOUNTA…SIT STAY READ INC: $60,000 · EducationSIT STAY RE…ENVISIONING ACCESS INC: $35,000 · OtherENVISIONI…Companion Animal Program Inc: $10,000 · OtherCompanion…PETS FOR THE ELDERLY: $5,000 · OtherPETS FOR …NEADS INC: $15,000 · Human Services
Animals$403,500Environment$65,000Education$60,000Other$50,000Human Services$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDOGS FOR THE DEAF INC DBA DOGS FOR BETTER LIVES: $80,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN RAPTOR PROGRAM: $65,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetColorado Animal Rescue Express (CARE): $65,000 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSIT STAY READ INC: $60,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetTREE HOUSE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $43,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetENVISIONING ACCESS INC: $35,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetPET PARTNERS: $30,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSAVE-A-PET INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetDEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC: $27,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE AID CORPORATION: $25,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetCOMPANION ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY: $20,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetBarnswallow: $18,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetNEADS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCompanion Animal Program Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetLAS VEGAS VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds DOGS FOR THE DEAF INC DBA DOGS FOR BETTER LIVES ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAPTOR PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds Colorado Animal Rescue Express (CARE) ↗
  • Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds SIT STAY READ INC ↗
  • Who funds TREE HOUSE HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds ENVISIONING ACCESS INC ↗
  • Who funds PET PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds SAVE-A-PET INC ↗
  • Who funds DEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL RESCUE AID CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds COMPANION ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Barnswallow ↗
  • Who funds NEADS INC ↗
  • Who funds Companion Animal Program Inc ↗
  • Who funds LAS VEGAS VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Chubb Charitable Foun…Circle of Service Fou…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…AbbVie FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …Verizon FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…
Chubb Charitable FoundationPA14.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chubb Charitable Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Verizon Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Powell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Powell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Neads Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 17 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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